Saying out loud.... I love you!!

Phone rang.... It was my California brother.....  great chat.... before I hung up I said........ 
 I love you - James!

Brothers and Sisters

are absolutely the best kin-folk EVER!!!

ERA ~ ending and beginning

I count a greater portion of my life according to the Presidential election of 2008!  I was on a cruise ship (voted early) and Sir/POTUS was Barak Obama!  

Per Sepai.... I pant to start again....VETERANS DAY 2016

Its been 8 great years.... and we are on the brink of electing America's First Madame/POTUS!  Countdown time!  

 Near Georgetown..... or was it our night in Chinatown.... via Washington DC tour for the Langston Ladies!

Wonderfully 90 years YOUNG

Longing for my Daddy today ~ 19 years

Father's Day 2016. 

Facebook posting of Great-Great Grandson with TB Sipuel

Seeing My Image in an Oklahoma Headstone

Our annual visit . . .Chickasha's Rose Hill Cemetery

Perfect Attendance is a family affair....

I went thru a couple of boxes again..... a unique retirement activity.... and say my 6th grade Lincoln School attendance

A TRIBUTE TO MY COUSIN MELVIN

Taken from my cousin's facebook post:

TO MY FATHER
SEPARATED BY DEATH,
TOGETHER BY LOVE.

DEATH LEAVES A HEARTACHE NO ONE CAN HEAL
LOVE LEAVES A MEMORY NO ONE CAN STEAL

MY FATHER MELVIN DAVIS JUST PASSED AWAY TODAY AT THE AGE OF 84 (CHICAGO, IL)

SHARON DAVIS   4-7-2016

Sepia Says..... Water Under the Bridge

Hello Friends, and Well-Wishers.....  

The phrase caught my attention this week......as the shipmen sailed under/alongside a bridge.....

Life is much like.... Water Under the Bridge!

I know a few things about the Nature of Water.....

All the waters run to the sea and yet the sea is not full, and from the place where they began, thither they return again....   Ecclesiastes

Water is the only substance on earth that is naturally present in three different forms...........  as a liquid, as a solid, and as a gas (water vapor) !

Water is the only drink for a wise man....Henry David Thoreau 

Mixed emotions of all is well for the week ending 4-9-2016.   Celebrating the 32nd Birth Year of my baby daughter........  But on 4-7-2016 -- the passing of my 84 Year Old Cousin in Chicago Illinois.

Just awed that his voice is silenced.... hence.... WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE

I noted its meaning .... 

Something that has happened in the past, 

something that cannot be undone, and 

something or someone.... who can no longer be a consideration.     

Under the bridge.... is British in its origin and 

is the oldest part of the interesting proverb

This image really portrays the silence, tranquility, 

but 'aloneness' that I kinda feel today.

Not much sadness -- just solemn

My neighborhood has a wonderful lake that I walk a couple of miles fairly often

....

...hmmmm   when is the last time I've been on a BOAT.... via a cruise maybe...???   Well last year or so.... there was the awesome, gorgeous waters of my Central Florida mini-vacation..... AHHHHH

ahhhhhh  indoor

the beaches.... outdoor

and poolside.      Water --- indeed --- under the bridge and everywhere!

Let's Hang Tough.... Always Moving Forward 

Beverly 

Flashback Saturday: Loving the Game of Golf

End of Week #6 - 2016!  Sepia Saturday 317 (I don't know their number system.... unless I think FORWARD !!!)

My Brother is an avid golfer.  That being said... there is only one time that I've seen him play golf.   hmnnnnn.....  He's not a selfie taker/ not an iphoner... hmnnn

So let me search back...way way back to an OU Golf Tournament (Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher Tournament/Award Ceremony)

Still Images . . from the Old Cassette player

Really thrilled for a jump-start to post about OLD movie clips, the OLD reel-to-reel my daddy used to record on.... My brother has the clunker machine and might take a pic for me.

Hubby's mom was the church generation of cassettes of sermons.  The cassette player in the car!

These pictures are dated late 1958-59 and early 60's

Hawkins Chapel ~ Frederick Oklahoma

I think of this posting as a bit of "..way back when" ....  then and now!